WHCA says it was dropping Amber Ruffin’s performance so the event’s ‘focus is not on the politics of division’Comedy is off the menu at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner, a once convivial get-together for reporters to meet with federal governments officials that has become too fraught for light-heartedness amid the second Donald Trump presidency.The dinner, scheduled for 26 April, is organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), and it typically features a post-meal comedic interlude where a comedian sets to work on the powerful. Beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924, every president has attended at least one WHCA dinner – except for Trump. Continue reading…
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Author : Edward Helmore
Publish date : 2025-03-30 15:59:00
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White House correspondents’ dinner cancels anti-Trump comedian’s appearance
